hayes

H4A1Y4E1S1
/heɪz/

proper noun

An English habitational surname from Old English.

OriginOld English hæs ← Middle English hay →
CommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

hayes1

noun
  1. pluralplural of haye

Hayes2

proper nounHayes (countable and uncountable, plural Hayeses)

plural Hayeses · alternative Heyes

  1. A surname
    1. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from Old English.
    2. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)
  2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableAny of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
    2. countableuncountableA town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).
    3. countableuncountableA suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).
    4. countableuncountableA commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
    5. countableuncountableA settlement in Jamaica.
    6. countableuncountableA rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    7. countableuncountableA former settlement in Fresno County, California.
    8. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
    11. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhay“enclosure”
  2. Old Englishhæs“brushwood”
  3. EnglishHayes

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hayes

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Anagrams

ShayeeshayHayseAsheySheayAyesh
Cite this entry
APA

hayes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayes

MLA

“hayes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hayes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hayes.

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